Device for use in filling ice-cream paper cartons.



L. L. WESTLING. DEVICE FOR SE IN FILLING ICE CREAM PAPER GARTONS.APPLICATION FILED AUGJT, 1912.

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DEVICE FOR USE IN FILLING ICE-CREAM PAPER CARTONS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. as, rare.

Application filed August 7, 1912. Serial No. 713,923.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, LEONARD L WESTLING, ofPittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Use inFilling Ice-Cream Paper Cartons; and I hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is a novel improvement in devices particularly designedfor use by confectioners and retailers of ice-cream in filling papercartons with ice-cream and the like. ltts object. is to provide a holderfor the carton while being filled which will enable the carton to becompletely filled and packed with cream without distorting or bulgingthewalls of the carton, and after the carton has been filled and sealed itcan be readily removed from the holder, and will have a symmetricalappearance and will be completely filled with cream, thus insuring thatthe customer gets a full and exact measure of cream, and also enablingit to be transported longer distances, or kept for a greater length oftime, without the cream melting, due to the compactness with which itcan be packed in the carton.

I will explain the invention more fully with reference to theaccompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of aholder with a carton therein ready to be filled. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional View on line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of asimple form ,of such holder.

Urdinarily ice-cream. when sold at retail is packed in paper boxes orcartons which are slightly tapered on the sides and ends, being smallerat bottom than at top. If the cream is hard it is diflicult to properlyfill the cart-on because the walls thereof will yield .and bulge andconsequently the cartons are usually not properly filled with cream, andair spaces are left therein so that the customer does not receive a fullcarton of cream and because of the air spaces the cream soon begins tomelt; which lessens the capacity for transportation in the carton.

By my invention ll provide a novel holder which is internally shaped tocorrespond to the external shape of the cartons, and, as shown in Fig.

1, preferably comprises a hollow body having tapered or outwardlyinclined side and end walls which internally correspond to the externalside and end walls of the carton, and which has a bottom upon which thebottom of the carton rests when the latter is placed in the holder asshown in Fig. 1. i

As shown in Fig. 1 the holder has a,front side 1, rear side 1, left handend 1, right hand end 1, and bottom 1 and when a carton C is inserted inthe holder as shown, it fills the holder but the flaps c, c of thecarton can be opened up above the top edges of the holder as shown inFig. 1.

In order to prevent binding of the outer vertical corners of the cartonin the inner vertical corners of the holder, I preferably form recesses1 in the vertical corners of the holder into which recesses the cornersc of the box can project; thus insuring that the corners of the cartonwill not bind in the holder when filled.

The holder may be provided with a handle 2 which may be riveted to oneside or end thereof as shown.

The end 1 of the holder may be hinged at one edge of the adjacent edgeof the side 1 of the holder; any suitable hinges may be employed forthis purpose, as indicated at 3. This hinged end l may be provided witha spring catch 4 which is adapted to engage a notch I at the edge of thefront side 1 when the end 1 is closed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thiscatch will lock this end socurely in position while the carton is beingfilled, and when the carton has been filled and its flaps 0 and 0closed, the catch 4 can be disengaged and the end 1 swung open asindicated in dotted lines Fig. 2, permitting the filled carton to bereadily removed from the holder.

ltt will be seen by reference to Fig. 1 that when the carton is inposition in the holder it may be filled with cream and the cream can beclosely packed therein as the walls of the carton are supported by thewalls of the holder and cannot yield outwardly, therefore the carton canbe solidly packed full of cream and then removed. It is obvious thatwhen so packed the cream in the carton will keep in condition for usefor a much longer period than it would if loosely filled therein. Alsothat the customer gets a full by the breaking downor bulging of thecarton and the confectioner is not annoyedtom of the holder are allrigidly united;

this form of the device can be usefully eInloyed with many cartons whichcan be lifted bodily from the holder after being The retailer of creamshould be provided with a set of such holders, corresponding to theseveral sizes of cartons in which he retails the cream.

Obviously the invention while simple and inexpensive, is of realpractical merit, and possesses the advantages above set forth.

What I claim is:

1. A device for use in filling paper cartons with cream and the like,comprising a holder having side and end Walls and bottom correspondingin interior configuration to the exterior configuration of the side andend walls and bottom of the carton to be filled; and adapted to holdsaid carton while it is being filled; the interior vertical corners ofsaid holder being channeled to prevent the exterior corners of thecarton binding therein.

2. A device for use in filling ice cream paper cartons comprising aholder having side and end Walls and bottom corresponding in interiorconfiguration to the exterior configuration of the side and end wallsand bottom of the carton to .be filled, and adapted to support the wallsof the carton while it is being filled; one of the Walls of the holderbeing hinged, and means for locking said hinged side in closed position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I afiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD L. WESTLING.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. MANSFIELD, L. E. WITHAM.

